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"Such a big thing happened when I was away, and you don't even plan to tell me the details?" The woman made tea for Wei Yanwu, raised her eyebrows, and showed a look of blame in her eyes.

"I didn't want to make you worry. It was resolved in the end. I've been busy discussing the regulations for the new city district recently..." Wei Yanwu laughed dryly, feeling a little sorry, but he didn't slow down the speed of flipping through the documents on the table.

"Humph, next time something unexpected happens, don't hide it from me... I can't let you face it alone all the time." The woman sighed, her brows softened a little, "How is Huijie? Is her physical condition stable?"

"Everything is as usual. Huijie is not a child anymore. She has grown a lot after this turmoil. Even if she still cannot cultivate the Cloud Lie Sword, there is no rush."

"As her uncle, you should pay more attention to her. I'll go see Huijie later."

"Oh, Wenyue, I forgot to tell you that Huijie has moved into Penguin Logistics. If you want to find her, you have to go to the Unicorn Apartment on Xiuyuan Road." Wei Yanwu reminded.

"...She did move out... Well, this will be good for her too."

"..."

"...Hikogo, aren't you going to talk about that boy?"

"He's a very good junior. He has been outstanding over the years. To be honest, in terms of swordsmanship, Hui Jie is far inferior to him."

"You know that's not what I mean." Wei Wenyue stared and whispered.

"Who did you give the Red Lotus Sword to?"

"Wen Yue..."

"You know that Xiaota loved that sword the most when he was a child... You guessed that he would go find Xiaota, right?"

Wei Yanwu was silent for a long time, and finally waved his hand as if he had figured it out: "It was just a sudden thought, I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence... They are all idealists, and that young man has great 'possibility'."

"Little tower..." Wei Wenyue wanted to say something but stopped herself. The heavy atmosphere made the two speechless for a moment, as if the rain of that year had come again.

"I also hope... that she can come back, even just once, to see what she looks like now... I'm sorry for Edward, sorry for Tallulah..."

"You cut him with your sword...you seem to think highly of him."

"He was able to take my sword's cloud-breaking blow, and he's still so young. Maybe he can... break his bad luck." The tall dragon closed his eyes and took a long breath. "Young people, there are always infinite possibilities."

"Young... Come to think of it, it seems like you've changed a lot... To be honest, you seem to have lost a lot of your arrogance and stubbornness." Wei Wenyue walked behind him and rubbed his shoulders. The current Wei Yanwu made her feel a sense of familiarity that transcended time.

It was as if she had returned to the high-spirited strategist she had once been fascinated with.

"Is that so... maybe I really didn't knock him down with that sword after he 'spoken wildly', and he touched my point of dissatisfaction. Now I have regained the desire to practice swordsmanship when I was young. I haven't persisted in practicing swordsmanship for a long time...

"Next time we meet, let him take my sword again."

"Next time, let him try 'Tiancang'." Wei Yanwu smiled somewhat wickedly.

Ling Dengxian, who was far away in Ursus, felt a chill and always felt that something bad seemed to have happened.

"Miss Shuangxing, can I ask you something?" Ling Dengxian didn't look at the white-haired Carters girl, but just kept walking side by side. Shuangxing, whose blood source stone proliferation had been eliminated by Bai Yan, was in a good mood: "What is it?"

"Taru... Leader, she seems to care about something on me... I guessed it. She kept glancing at me. I was afraid she would misunderstand, so I asked you to verify it." Ling Dengxian felt that this statement was a bit arrogant and shameless, so he came to ask Shuangxing.

Hearing this, Shuangxing glanced at him, lowered her head and glanced at his waist, thought for a moment, and said, "Well... I don't know about Tallulah, but I have never seen a swordsman carrying three swords on his body."

"...That's right." Ling Dengxian looked at the three swords and guessed that this was the reason, but there was nothing he could do. He was more inclined to use the Red Lotus Sword now. The hardness and toughness of the Devouring Sins was a strange and confusing point. The White Sword and it were more suitable for use when desperate and going on a rampage. When he needed two swords in normal times, he could just use the Red Lotus Sword and the other two in combination.

However, it is true that a swordsman in a certain nautical work used three swords...but he cannot be replicated.

"That should be where the kids usually stay. If there's no one there, they won't go too far. I have something else to do so I won't go in with you." Shuangxing glanced at him and coughed lightly. "Ahem, um, thank you. It must be very tiring to use Originium Technique to treat it."

"We agreed on this at the beginning, and you guys are willing to take me with you. There's nothing to thank me for." Ling Dengxian looked away and waved her hands. Obviously Shuangxing was much taller than her, but why...

"I'm sorry to bother you... I have to go on a mission too, Bai Ge. Next time we meet, relax a little and don't be so nervous." Shuang Xing stared at him. Ling Dengxian glanced at those eyes, then looked away again and nodded reluctantly: "Sorry, it's mainly because Miss Shuang Xing is a little..."

Frost Star was confused and patted his face. Did he look like he was not easy to get along with?

"...It's better to take it slow." Carters decided not to think too much and shook his head. "Well, see you later, White Dove. I'll treat you to candy next time."

"Ah?" Ling Dengxian was thinking about something. It took him a moment to realize what she had just said, but Shuangxing had already walked away.

"Spicy candy..." Although it had been a long time, Ling Dengxian certainly still remembered the little tricks that Shuangxing did to the candy. He couldn't help but smile. It seemed that he should be recognized by her. At least she acknowledged him as a comrade-in-arms.

Shaking his head again, Ling Dengxian temporarily forgot about the snowy night in Tobrand and walked into the camp. After explaining the mission to the sentry, he learned that the children were playing in the woods. Ling Dengxian thought about it and decided that it would be better to go find them instead of just waiting.

"Alas, I'm not in good physical condition, so I can only do a little bit of help here. Alina is sick and no one is taking care of those children..." (Ursus language) The thin-looking Pelo man was complaining to himself rather than explaining the situation to Ling Dengxian. Ling Dengxian had received quite a few patients like this recently, and he patiently listened with a smile and nodded. Although he didn't understand some of the words, he still understood the general idea.

It went much more smoothly than he thought. They soon found a white-haired little boy from Liberi by the frozen river. The boy was kneeling not far from the ice with his hands clasped together, muttering something.

"That child is Ino. He usually relies on Alina and Tallulah. He comes to the river every day since Alina fell. Hey, where is Sasha who usually goes with him? I can't see him..." The Pero man named Carrion wondered as he introduced him.

Ling Dengxian stared at the boy with a frown on his face. He felt that the boy looked familiar, but he didn't seem to have heard of the name Ino. Instead, the figure of the white-haired boy gradually overlapped with a certain sinful figure...

"Mephisto..." The whisper did not reach Carrion's ears. Ling Dengxian slowly regained the main storyline that had become unfamiliar due to the impact of various real-life events. He remembered that Ino was Mephisto's real name, and Sasha was Faust.

"Another child is there." After understanding this, Ling Dengxian quickly discovered the boy from Fhidia who had not received formal training. His optical invisibility at this time could not hide from the insight of Ling Dengxian, who had experienced many hardships. The shadow of the tree by the lake was his hiding place.

"Then the other kids should be nearby too. I'll go look for them. Please keep an eye on them, Baige. Sorry for the trouble. After all, you're just a doctor... Ah, but I can't underestimate you. There's Ursus who's about the same skinny as you, but he's very strong and his knife skills are pretty impressive." He was still muttering before he left. It was obvious that Karion was a chatterbox.

"I'm just a doctor. I don't have the same power as them." Ling Dengxian remembered the words of a special effects scientist and said it sincerely.

"That's right, after all, you are in charge of logistics..."

There was a "crackling" sound of ice breaking, and Karion immediately realized that something bad had happened. Before he could turn around, a dazzling white flame suddenly burst out from his field of vision.